Lesson 4: The Landscape of Children's
Books
Explore:
The activity below is designed
to help you further explore the topic of children's literature genres.
It is an optional activity; it is not required or graded.
Activity 1: Genre Giants:Archive
Database (AD)
As you explore bookstores and
libraries, you'll find what we can call "Genre Giants," those books which
are exemplars of all that is great and good in a particular genre.
For example, Shel Silverstein's poetry books exemplify the best qualities
in poetry for children. Or any of the Dorling Kindersley (DK) books
are superlative examples of effective informational book design. When you
find a Genre Giant, add it to our Archive Database using the live link
below.
Activity 2: Genre
Across the Media:AD
Once you find books, movies,
videos, TV shows, games or other media related to various genres, post
them to the Archive
Database. Note that this page will open in a new window which you will
close when finished to return to the class pages.
What Next?
After you have finished your
explorations of this topic, you are ready to Evaluate your understanding
of this lesson. You will be asked to respond take a Skills Test on Genres.
To take this test, go to the Evaluation section of this lesson by clicking
on the Next button below or by clicking on the Evaluate link at the top
of the page.
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